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Re: 10181 Eiffle Tower
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:49:03 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Patterson wrote:
> Just finished building 10181. It is a great piece. However, it is rather
> flimsy which seems to be a continuing problem with the large new sets. What
> else I saw was a slight variation in the shade of the bricks. Even within the
> same kind of brick I found variation. Many of the bricks had scratches,
> probably from shipping, makes me wonder if the plastic is not a bit softer than
> the older ones. And there was somewhat unfinished edges on some of the bricks. I
> also noticed that bricks are made in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Austria and the
> Czeck republic. I hope that the move to Flextronics does not mean a lessening
> of quality control.
I've noticed the same thing with some pieces I recently got. I posted my
thoughts on it here a few weeks ago:
http://news.lugnet.com/parts/?n=344
Additionally, I am getting the impression that these new pieces don't stick
together as strongly as the old ones did. Not entirely sure about this though.
I don't know exactly what is going on here, but it's making me wary of buying
several sets that I would get without thinking twice otherwise.
-Gaurav
(remove the capital S's in the email)
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| (...) There is a difference in how the "automatic binding bricks" bind. I first noticed this in the avaitar sets.Considering where the parts are made I have a feeling that flextronics is in full swing as the supplier of the bricks and the ones made (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| Just finished building 10181. It is a great piece. However, it is rather flimsy which seems to be a continuing problem with the large new sets. What else I saw was a slight variation in the shade of the bricks. Even within the same kind of brick I (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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